Stimulating activity can reduce ‘kinky back’ in broilers
Increased activity in broilers can reduce kinky back — a spinal deformity that can affect mobility in fast-growing chicks between 3 and 6 weeks of age.
Increased activity in broilers can reduce kinky back — a spinal deformity that can affect mobility in fast-growing chicks between 3 and 6 weeks of age.
Heat stress isn’t just for summer anymore. A 68-minute webinar with Vasil Stanev, DVM, discusses thermoregulation, heat-stress mechanisms and how to manage heat stress effectively in poultry flocks.
Updated research supported by the US Poultry & Egg Association quantifying the US poultry industry’s on-farm antibiotic use shows further improvements in antibiotic stewardship and commitment to disease prevention within poultry production.
Multi-stage egg-incubation systems are challenging to manage. And too often, attempts to keep late-stage embryos from overheating create situations where early-stage embryos are at sub-optimal temperatures during critical developmental periods.
Hatchery sanitation is a continual issue in commercial poultry and has become a focus since the removal of antibiotics in production, according to Brian Jordan, PhD, associate professor at the University of Georgia.
There has always been a myth perpetuated that chicken litter contains weed seed, but litter is simply poultry manure and bedding; neither should contain many seeds.
As most producers know, poultry performance can suffer during periods of high temperature. Modern poultry housing is designed to maintain environmental temperatures within an optimal range, but how does the temperature of individual birds impact their weight gain?
USDA has finalized the “Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments” rule under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The rule aims to help contract poultry growers compete more effectively and better understand the terms of their agreements with major processing companies.
In this age of “no antibiotics ever” farming, the re-emerging necrotic enteritis (NE) disease caused by Clostridium perfringens poses a major economically important health concern in poultry, particularly in broiler flocks, says Ravi Kulkarni, BVSc, assistant professor at North Carolina State University.
By Tom Tabler, PhD
Professor, Extension Poultry Specialist
University of Tennessee Extension Service, Animal Science Department
Spring Hill, TN
Preventing disease transmission between flocks is a major goal of the poultry industry. One threat to bird health is the protozoan Histomonas meleagridis, which causes a disease called histomoniasis.
US consumers have misconceptions about how poultry is raised, including a widely held but erroneous belief that there are added hormones or steroids in chicken meat, a national survey suggests.
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